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SC VOIDS MARRIAGE DUE TO HIDDEN HOMOSEXUALITY
Tempo
|July 16, 2025
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that fraudulent concealment of homosexuality from a spouse before and at the time of marriage is a valid ground to annul marriage.
With the ruling, the SC reversed both the decisions of the trial court and the Court of Appeals (CA) as it granted the nullification of marriage sought by a wife who found that her husband is a homosexual.
The decision in the case docketed as GR No. 268109 and posted in the SC website - sc.judiciary.gov.ph - on Tuesday, July 15, was written by Associate Justice Antonio T. Kho Jr.
In 2010, the wife met through social media her husband who was then working in Saudi Arabia. In 2011, they became sweethearts.
This story is from the July 16, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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